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The Mississippi River is a long body of water that stretches vertically in North america. During the civil war, this river was used as a constant way of trading for certain goods and for communication throughout the south. The river even split between Mississippi and Louisiana, and people of the union settled here during the civil war, where they would strategize plans over the confederates.

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Kentucky is a state that mostly contains a lot of plant life and the climate would depend on what season it was. Sometimes the weather could be extremely cold or extremely hot, as soldiers would either deal with extreme mud, snow, or heat waves. During the Civil War, soldiers from both the confederacy and the union would serve Kentucky, this is because a while after the battle of fort Sumter, in April of 1861, the state's legislature would consider it a border state as it was neutral with both sides.

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During the Civil war Tennessee was a Confederate state and was divided similar to the nation itself. Many generals and people were at Tennessee in order to control their armies for battles, this included people like Joseph H. Acklen, Clay Allison, & James J. Archer.

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During the civil war Chesapeake Bay was used as a strategy by soldiers in order to be used for shipping goods. The bay was a place for the union to settle. Many different union soldiers would settle here for their resources, many of which were soldiers and generals.

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Fort sumter is a small fort found near virginia and south carolina and can be found near the charleston harbor. It is considered a place for confederates to devise plans and use for shelter during the civil war. The attack of the fort was commanded by Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard.

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Harpers Ferry was located in West Virginia and was a place where soldiers would settle. However a raid would be devised on the location and armies would be abolished. The plan would be devised and led by John Brown with his federal army.

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The Manassas is a confederate state and would be associated with one of the biggest battles of all time. The battle of bull run, would be a battle between the Union and confederates. With the Confederates winning the union would back down and retreat but at the cost of losing many soldiers, Brigadier General Irvin McDowell would be the man responsible for the battle.

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The battle of vicksburg would be another battle during the civil war that would have a great big impact on the country. It would weaken the confederacy by making a plan to split their soldiers in two as the union would fight them one by one. The general who conducted this whole plan was Ulysses S. Grant.

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During the civil war, Fredericksburg would be yet again, a place where the Union and Confederates would fight again. However despite being a confederate location, only a few hundred would inhabit the place. During the whole battle of Fredericksburg, many troops were slaughtered and generals such as Stonewall Jackson would attend this fight.

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And once again, in the town of Chancellorsville, a bloody assault would occur here. The union army would try to attack the confederates and fail horribly. General Jackson would be one of these generals that led their army and would send the union retreating with their army.

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During the fight at Antietam Union general George B. McClellan's army would be led to Northern Virginia and would fight against General Robert E. Lee's army. This place was mainly a place for confederates. However this battle would be one of the more life losing in american history.

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The battle of Shiloh would be one of the bloodiest battles in American History. In less than two days, both sides in total would have lost about 23,000 casualties. Both sides did not win nor lose, instead they lost many of their soldiers, people that they need to try and replace.

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The Rappahannock River is a river located in Eastern Virginia. In March 1862, the Confederacy fired shots and started a battle with the Union. This was called the battle of Rappahannock River.

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The Potomac River is a river that flows from East Virginia to Maryland. In the Civil War this river marked a border between the Union states and the Confederacy states. The biggest Union army was named after this River, and was called the Army of the Potomac.

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The Ohio River was a river that the Confederate forces went through to get to Kentucky.

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The Battle of Gettysburg was a 3-day long battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was considered the turning point for the Civil War because the Union deserved a much needed victory against the Confederacy.

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Baltimore is a town in Maryland, where the Baltimore riot of 1861 took place. The Baltimore Riot of 1861 was when Confederate Sympathizers attacked Union supporters. It was considered some of the first deaths of the Union however they were caused by civilians rather than the Confederacy.

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New Orleans is a city in Louisiana. New Orleans was known to be one of the biggest slave trade places in the South. In 1862, the Union captured the city from the Confederacy. This was a turning point and the capture of the Mississippi River was shortly after.

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While Chickamauga & Chattanooga have their differences, they have their similarities. They were both starting to struggle with the civil war so they decided to develop an underground railroad between the two places. The confederate army would be the ones who won the battle of Chattanooga but lost over 20% of their army.

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Richmond would be considered a Confederacy capital and during the civil war, they saw the Union constantly trying to invade them and attack them constantly. Eventually the Confederates would have to evacuate and during all this, the union would set the town a flame. A few days later Abraham Lincoln would arrive to see the once thriving town.

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During the civil war, Savannah would be one of few places to be left standing during and after the "March to sea". However despite this, troops from the union would be led by General Sherman. Over 60'00 of those troops would enter.

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Court House, Court Street, Appomattox, VA

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During the civil war, it would come to General Robert E. Lee's attention that the only way to stop the war is by surrendering. So on April 9th of 1865, General Lee would surrender and the war finally finished, well for the most part. And the court house would be the roof in which they finally signed the truce.

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Washington D.C. would be the Union capital during the Civil War. It would be the place where many of the union soldiers would serve and plan their operations. The original design for the place would be made by Pierre Charles L'Efant.

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Montgomery is located in Alabama & is an important part of the first half of the civil war. It is a confederate state and their troops were made up of more than 100,000 soldiers. An important person who both served during the civil war and lived in Montgomery was William Lowndes Yancey.

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Mississippi

Florida

Alabama

Georgia

Louisiana

Texas

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Delaware

Maryland

Kentucky

Missouri

West Virginia

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California

Connecticit

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

New Hampshire

New York

New Jersey

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Vermont

Wisconsin

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In april of 1861, four states would join rapidly to the confederate side, these being:

Virginia

Carolina

Tennessee

Arkansas

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New York, Manhattan, & Lower Manhattan